Tisbury Police Sgt. Jeff Day arrested a man he thought was wanted on multiple warrants but wound up putting handcuffs on the wrong person. Sgt. Day believed a man who he saw in Tisbury on May 21 was a man named William August Engler. Day arrested the man and sent him off in a Tisbury […]
Should the state automatically expunge past marijuana misdemeanor and felony convictions from peopleâs records?
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By John Laidler Globe Correspondent,Updated May 7, 2021, 2:35 p.m.
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Attorney, Newton resident; served on the drafting committee for the 2016 ballot question that legalized marijuana in Massachusetts
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Massachusetts in 2016 became one of the first two states east of the Mississippi to legalize adult-use cannabis, a distinction for which we should be proud. Legalization has helped displace the illicit market and has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenues for the state and thousands of new jobs.
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Stop & Shop Raises Record-Breaking $3.1 Million During Its Annual ’Help Cure Childhood .
Stop and ShopMay 5, 2021 GMT
QUINCY, Mass., May 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Stop & Shop today announced that its annual ‘Help Cure Childhood Cancer’ campaign raised a record-breaking $3.1 million for pediatric cancer research and care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Stop & Shop will donate additional funding to the campaign, bringing the total donation to the hospitals to $4.25 million.
The campaign, which ran throughout the month of March, allowed customers to round-up their purchases to the nearest dollar or donate an additional $1, $3 or $5 when shopping in store and online. In New York, New Jersey, and Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut, customer donations supported MSK Kids, Memorial Sloan Kettering’s pediatric oncology pro
WORCESTER The city Friday said it intends to implement a police body camera program by 2022 at the latest, and will start scheduling meetings to get community input shortly.
“The city is committed to a body camera program, and will soon be engaging in community conversations on what that would look like,” spokesman Walter Bird wrote in an email to the Telegram & Gazette on Friday.
“I’m grateful for the announcement from the city today,” James P. McGovern, the city’s longtime Democratic Congressman, said in a telephone interview, adding that federal COVID-19 relief funds should ease the program’s cost.
Retired Middleton police chief makes a stir as a cooking coach
By Linda Greenstein Globe Correspondent,Updated April 23, 2021, 5:59 p.m.
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James DiGianvittorioâs transformation from police chief to popular online chef surprised even him.
On March 1, the Middleton police chief ended his 38-year career with no specific plans for the future. The one thing he knew for sure was that his passion for cooking would play a part in the next chapter of his life.
âHonestly, I woke up the first Monday feeling lost,â said DiGianvittorio, 59, affectionately known as âChief DiGiâ during his 14 years as Middleton chief. âI knew nothing but being a police officer and cooking, and I was used to long days and being busy.â